different between ambisexual vs metrosexual

English

Etymology

ambi- +? -sexual; in modern senses relating to human sexuality, influenced by bisexual.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ambisexual (comparative more ambisexual, superlative most ambisexual)

1. (zoology) Hermaphroditic.
   • 2012, U. Müller, ?W. Franke, Mechanisms of Gonadal Differentiation in Vertebrates (page 84)

     However, the question must be asked: at which stage in the life-history of an ambisexual (hermaphroditic) fish does sex differentiation take place?

2. Bisexual: attracted to persons of either sex.
3. Unisex: fit for persons of either sex.
4. (slang) Of ambiguous sexual orientation.

Derived terms

• ambisexuality
• ambisexually

Noun

ambisexual (plural ambisexuals)

1. An ambisexual person.

See also

• ambiguous
• bisexual
• metrosexual
• androgynous

English

Etymology

Blend of metropolitan +? heterosexual. Coined by journalist Mark Simpson in 1994.

Pronunciation

Noun

metrosexual (plural metrosexuals)

1. A man — typically urban, heterosexual, and affluent — who is concerned with personal appearance, such as personal grooming, fashion, and aesthetics in general.
2. A heterosexual man who is seen, sociologically, as having attributes common to homosexuals.

Synonyms

• boulevardier
• dandy (19th Century)
• fop (19th Century)
• dude, dood (archaic)
• man about town
• masher (archaic)

Translations

Adjective

metrosexual (comparative more metrosexual, superlative most metrosexual)

1. Of or relating to a metrosexual or the metrosexual lifestyle.

See also

• ambisexual
• gender-bender
• unisex
• machosexual
• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

References

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /m?.t?o.s?k.su?al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /m?.t?u.s?k.su?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /me.t?o.sek.su?al/

Noun

metrosexual m (plural metrosexuals)

1. metrosexual

Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Noun

metrosexual m (plural metrosexuales)

1. metrosexual

Adjective

metrosexual (plural metrosexuales)

1. metrosexual